The Spectator, Volume 3Tonson, 1739 |
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... believe the kindles ' the fame Paffion in others , and appears as amiable to all Beholders . And as Jealoufy thus arifes from an extraordi- nary Love , it is of fo delicate a Nature , that it scorns to take up with any thing less than ...
... believe the kindles ' the fame Paffion in others , and appears as amiable to all Beholders . And as Jealoufy thus arifes from an extraordi- nary Love , it is of fo delicate a Nature , that it scorns to take up with any thing less than ...
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... and Appearances for Hypocrify in others ; fo that I believe no Men fee less of the Truth and Reality of Things , than thefe great Re- finers upon Incidents , who are fo wonderfully fubtle and finers 10 No 170 . The SPECTATOR . 1 ...
... and Appearances for Hypocrify in others ; fo that I believe no Men fee less of the Truth and Reality of Things , than thefe great Re- finers upon Incidents , who are fo wonderfully fubtle and finers 10 No 170 . The SPECTATOR . 1 ...
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... believe they have learned by Experience . They have feen the poor Husband fo mifled by Tricks and Artifices , and in the midft of his Inquiries fo loft and bewilder'd in a crooked Intrigue , that they ftill fufpect an Under - Plot in ...
... believe they have learned by Experience . They have feen the poor Husband fo mifled by Tricks and Artifices , and in the midft of his Inquiries fo loft and bewilder'd in a crooked Intrigue , that they ftill fufpect an Under - Plot in ...
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... believe there is more in it than there fhould be . And here it is of great Concern , that you preferve the Character of your Sincerity uniform and of a Piece : for if he once finds a falfe Glofs put upon any fingle Action , he quickly ...
... believe there is more in it than there fhould be . And here it is of great Concern , that you preferve the Character of your Sincerity uniform and of a Piece : for if he once finds a falfe Glofs put upon any fingle Action , he quickly ...
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... believe : He is the more likely to fuffer in the Com- merce , who begins with the Obligation of being the more ready to enter into it . BUT thofe Men only are truly great , who place their Ambition rather in acquiring to themselves the ...
... believe : He is the more likely to fuffer in the Com- merce , who begins with the Obligation of being the more ready to enter into it . BUT thofe Men only are truly great , who place their Ambition rather in acquiring to themselves the ...
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